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Being the least of any people, Israel was chosen by God to be the people He would set His love upon. With a strong hand God brought them out of the bondage of Egypt.
God could have chosen to take them straight into the promise land, but led them on a different path, through the wilderness. It was in the wilderness God tested their faithfulness and reliance on Him.

(Editor’s Note: The Grant County News publishes all items in police beat that are submitted from each individual police agency. The News does not omit names from police reports.)
Deputy Ben Duffy executed a warrant for Gary Fueston, 27, of Williamstown, for tampering with physical evidence, fraud use of a credit card and receipt of stolen credit card, at 2:25 p.m. Aug. 30 on I-75. Fueston was lodged at the Grant County Detention Center.

The love life of a 42-year-old Williamstown man gets a dose of reality in the docu-series “90-Day Fiancé.”

The TLC reality show will follow Matt Ryan and his Ukrainian fiancé, Alla, who he met on an international dating site.
Matt and Alla are one of five engaged couples in the new season of “90-Day-Fiancé,” which follows American-born suitors and their foreign mates.

A newly completed road on the Williamstown Independent Schools campus will ease traffic and make way for future development.

The temporarily named Loop Road, which loops around the school buildings and athletic fields on the property, is about .4 miles in length and cost $936,000 to construct.

Superintendent Misty Middleton said the road was developed to open the campus for future development, but initially will be used to ease traffic on Helton Street during parent drop-off and pick-up in the morning and afternoon.

(Editor’s Note: The Grant County News publishes all items in police beat that are submitted from each individual police agency. The News does not omit names from police reports.)
Officer Wyatt Gayer executed a warrant for Ernest B. Combs, 29, of Dry Ridge, for failure to appear, at 10:30 p.m. Aug. 14 on Taft Highway. Combs was lodged at the Grant County Detention Center.

The Grant County Lady Braves volleyball team won the cross-county rivalry game against the Lady Demons of Williamstown on Aug. 23 at Grant County High School. It took four sets for the Lady Braves to be victorious. They took the first set 26-24.

The Lady Braves jumped out to a 9-0 lead early in set one. Behind the serves of junior Janna Saylor, the Lady Braves capitalized on the youthfulness of the Lady Demons.